Qigxin: Head of a Male Figure
Clay
Qigxin: Head of a Male Figure
CHINA, Xinjiang, Bayingolin
This head depicts a young male with a furrowed forehead and lifted brows over staring eyes. The nose is wide and the lips of the small mouth pursed above a large chin. The impression of strong emotion, typical of many heads from the Qigxin site, is spirited but enigmatic. The ears are particularly large, especially at the top, emphasizing the extraordinary treatment of the hair as it sweeps upward in a peak that hangs slightly to the right.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 853.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Qigxin: Head of a Male Figure." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 853.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Qigxin: Head of a Male Figure" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:853.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Qigxin: Head of a Male Figure. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 853).
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